The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear.

I had a dual goal in my running that was to win and to achieve excellence, so I was never happy with a slow tactical time. If the race were slow I would get in front and pull it up again. I couldn't stand a slow race. A lot of people seem to get screwed up on tactics. There is only one tactic in a race and that is to always be in a position where you can win it.

Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.

The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface.

I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimulator of my running was fear.

The only tactics I admire are do-or-die